Summary: An alien being comes to Earth to colonize its water riches but instead becomes head of a large corporation and is gradually destroyed by the pleasures, the technology and the richness of life on earth.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI MANLoop, Liza.
Summary: An expressionistic drama about authoritarianism and revolt in an industrialized metropolis of the 21st century.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Madacy Entertainment Group 2006
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN METSummary: In a sleepy Northern California town in the 1940s, Ed Crane, a humble barber, suspeacts that his wife Doris is having an affair with her boss. When a stranger comes into town hinting that there is a fortune to be made in investing in the new invention of dry cleaning, Ed hatches a blackmail scheme he hopes will make him rich and get him some revenge at the same time. His plan goes horribly awry...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: USA Home Entertainment 2002
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY MANSummary: The rollicking adventures of Tom Jones, as he romps across 18th century England. From bedrooms to rural inns to London's dangerous streets. Cast out from his home and forbidden his true love, Tom must overcome the charms of an older seductress and the sinister plot of a nefarious rival to win his lover's heart.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Home Video 2002
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV TOMSummary: This drama is set in Italy in 1938, when Mussolini's anti-Semetic edicts began to isolate the Jews from their communities. Among them were the Finzi-Continis, an aristocratic Jewish family forced for the first time to acknowledge the world beyond its fenced garden.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Video 2001
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN GARSummary: A group of four friends, all with different life goals, struggle to survive on one person's salary. After going into business together as thugs and assassins they find fame and fortune and at the same time strive to maintain their friendship.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Eros International 2000
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN GANSummary: Psychic terror in a Gothic setting provides the chilling backdrop in this tale of a couple's search for the ghost of their dead daughter.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Video 2002
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1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER DONSummary: After two ruthless drug dealers commit a brutal mass murder in Los Angeles and are forced to flee the state, their beautiful accomplice unwittingly leads them into a trap.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY ONESummary: Armed with ambition and a work ethic, coffee salesman hits the road and finds that desire alone can't bring wealth and status. Bonus features include commentary, new feature-length career profile, and vintage featurette.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY OSummary: Comedy about an organizationally impaired temporary assistant who gets her first pemanent job at the age of 31 working for a curator of an art gallery.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax Home Entertainment 2000
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA IVESummary: The California Angels are a struggling baseball team praying to win a pennant. Their luck changes as their biggest fan, 11-year-old Roger, begins giving the coach tips from a real live angel. The team not only climbs back into the pennant race, but learns to believe in themselves.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Buena Vista Home Entertainment 2002
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Atomic Submarine: A series of mysterious sinkings plagues the northern seas. Great trans-arctic submarine liners are vanishing without a trace! The nuclear powered U.S.S. Tiger Shark, the most advanced sub in the fleet, has been undergoing around-the-clock modifications to prepare for an urgent top-secret mission: to discover the cause of the Arctic disasters, and put an end to it!
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2006
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2 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI FIRSummary: About 1830, Dr. Caligari exhibits a somnambulist, Cesare, in a fairground. Cesare tells a student that he will die "before dawn." The student is murdered and his friend suspects Caligari. Caligari orders Cesare to kill a young woman but he attempts to kidnap her instead, is hunted, and dies from exhaustion. Caligari escapes into a lunatic asylum, of which it is learned he is the director, but...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Image Entertainment 1996
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN CABSummary: Nine-year-old Luke finds that saving the world from witches is a tall order for a boy who has been turned into a mouse.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2009
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3 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY WITCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WSummary: Mirabelle, a disenchanted salesgirl and aspiring artist who sells gloves and accessories at a department store, has two men in her life: wealthy divorcee Ray Porter and struggling musician Jeremy. Mirabelle falls in love with the glamorous Ray, and her life takes a magical turn, but eventually she realizes that she must empower herself and make a choice between them.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SHOSummary: Spider-Man: Ordinary teenager Peter Parker is transformed into a superhero after he's bitten by a spider. Green Goblin creates mayhem in Manhattan and Spider-Man faces the ultimate challenges: to crush his arch-enemy, save New York City and win the heart of the girl next door.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY ACTION/ADVENTURE SPISummary: In 1954, an enormous beast clawed its way out of the sea, destroying everything in its path--and changing movies forever. The arresting original Godzilla soon gave rise to an entire monster-movie genre (kaiju eiga), but the King of the Monsters continued to reign supreme: in fourteen fiercely entertaining sequels over the next two decades, Godzilla defended its throne against a host of other...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Through an elderly and old-fashioned grandmother, a spoiled seven-year-old boy learns to accept and understand the simple pleasures of nature and her lifestyle.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 2003
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN WAYSummary: "Inside the walls of St. Vincent's Orphanage, young boys fall victim to sexual, physical and emotional abuse at the hands of their guardians. Henry Czerny gives a terrifying performance as Brother Lavin, the head of the orphanage who must juggle the teachings of the church with his own personal demons. The plight of the boys under his care remains a secret until the orphanage janitor and a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2004
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BOYSummary: Despite the disapproval of his father, Ben, a young cow named Otis loves to have fun at his farm's wild late-night hoe-downs. When Ben dies defending the barnyard from marauding coyotes, Otis is chosen as the farm's new leader. For Otis, responsibility sits uneasily on his head and he fears he may not be able to protect his friends from the coyotes.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 2006
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BARSummary: John Connor is a 20-something living on the streets as a common laborer. His mother has since died, and their earlier efforts did not stop the creation of SkyNet artificial intelligence network. As he will still become the leader of the human resistance, Connor is once again targeted by a Terminator sent from the future by SkyNet. This new Terminator, T-X, is a female and is more powerful than...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2003